Description: Cheek augmentation with Voluma enhances this patient's overall beauty. Although she is young, her mid face area has become flattened already. She looks more alert and vibrant in her after photo.

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Procedure: Moderate Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 61 Year Old Female

Description: Dr. Bonakdar’s AmpliPhi Filler Treatment magical results are demonstrated with this close up photo of the temple, brow, lower lid and cheek of this patient. Most patients worry about unnatural results when considering filler treatments. Rest assured that in the expert hands of Dr. Bonakdar, your filler results will look so natural, as if your face just never aged.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Procedure: Moderate Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 61 Year Old Female

Description: Deflated high cheek bones in thin faced individuals blend into crow’s feet and make the face look emaciated
Cheek augmentation in these individuals is a great way of fixing deflated cheeks and getting rid of crow’s feet.
Dr. Bonakdar’s end result looks natural and makes this patient appear healthier.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Procedure: Moderate Male Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 42 Year Old Male

Description: Facial aging is does not discriminate between the sexes. Men can also enhance their appearance with fillers. However, as Dr. Bonakdar will tell you, the placement and amount of the filler used determines if a face becomes more feminized or masculinized. Dr. Bonakdar is an expert in male facial rejuvenation with Botox, fillers and Kybella.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Procedure: Dramatic Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 79 Year Old Female

Description: Asian faces age differently than Caucasian faces. Asian faces loose bony mass and soft tissue in the center of the face namely loosing outward projection in the nose and mid cheek area. Caucasian faces loose soft tissue and bone in the periphery of the face at the jaws and lateral cheeks causing. This 79-year-old Asian female demonstrates these differences. She has cheek volume loss but her jaw line and jaw angle have not aged much. Dr. Bonakdar augmented her cheeks and recreated the cheek projection that she had lost making her look much younger than her age. Notice that natural upward projection of the smile line and lip corner that have occurred even though neither of these 2 areas were corrected.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Procedure: Subtle Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 52 Year Old Female

Description: Some people age better than others. But even in genetically gifted individuals correcting telltale signs of aging makes a huge difference in their overall beauty scale. This patient shows beginnings of midface and lower face aging. As a result in her before photo she looks tired. Whereas after her cheeks were injected and raised, she looks more awake and happy. Her next step is to correct the tiny bit of jowls in the lower face that actually improved with the midface correction.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Procedure: Subtle Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 54 Year Old Female

Description: Just like all other bones in our body, facial bones also atrophy and get smaller with age. Enhancing the cheek bones to their more youthful size and position, when done correctly, enhances facial beauty. This 54 year old female is beautiful even with her mild midface aging, but a small amount of filler in her cheek, definitely has a positive effect on her overall facial features.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Procedure: Moderate Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 67 Year Old Female

Description: Thin individuals and athletes with low body fat composition have skinny faces which show aging more dramatically than fuller faces. This patient looks better immediately after her mid face cheeks augmention. She was advised to also correct her lower face aging with fillersbut opted instead to undergo plastic surgery. Unfortunately, in such cases, the results are not favorable and leave the patient looking surgurized and guant instead of rejuvenated and young. Dr. Bonakdar believes that the solution to facial volume loss and sinking is reflation and redraping of the face with fillers and not surgical tightening.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Procedure: Subtle Cheek Augmentation

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 48 Year Old Female

Description: Cheek augmentation done properly should enhance the beauty of the individual not detract from it. Some individuals prefer a more natural look like the patient shown, while others opt for more dramatic results. Regardless of the size of the cheeks, beautiful cheeks follow certain proportions, displaying both light and shadow. Dr. Bonakdar expertly accesses the facial anatomy of her patient. She addresses her patient’s preferred look. She precisely measures the facial proportions to plan her injections. Her results are magicalbut not accidental- a culmination of years of perfecting her filler injection technique.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

Description: This lovely patient, new to cosmetic dermatology, came to see Dr. Bonakdar for a comprehensive consultation for correction of her facial aging which had started bothering her recently. She has moderate to severe soft tissue and bone loss for which Dr. Bonakdar suggested the AmpliPhi Filler Treatment. Her AmpliPhi results of the midface are shown in these photos. It may look like she still has lower lid hollows. However, the shadow seen is from hyperpigmentation and not from volume deficit. She has sun damage from living in Orange County most of her life. This is easily correctable with skin resurfacing treatments such as IPL or Fraxel. She is smitten with her results and plans to come in for yearly follow up maintenance treatments.

*Disclaimer: Before & After photographs shown on this site are actual patients who have given us permission to have their photos published. They are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results vary. Photos do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcomes is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect outcome of any procedure.

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Dr. Monica Bonakdar is an Orange County skin care specialist. She provides a variety of cosmetic services to enhance appearance, including BOTOX® Cosmetic, skin rejuvenation and laser hair removal. At her office in Corona Del Mar, she serves men and women from all over Orange County including Corona Del Mar, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, and Mission Viejo. The information provided on this website is for educational purposes, and its accuracy is not guaranteed. This information not a substitute for health care or advise. You must consult with a physician regarding any health questions you may have. *Individual results may vary. Photos and reviews do not guarantee outcomes and no prediction of outcome is implied. Individual healing characteristics and unexpected complications can affect the outcome of any surgery or procedure. Not everyone is a candidate for the treatments or procedures discussed on this website.